Improved washing-machine



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

E. HODGKINS, OF OARTHAGE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 47,640, dated May 9, i865.

To @ZZ whom it may concern: j

Be it known that I, E. HODGKINS, of Oarthage, in the county of Jefferson and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear," and exact description thereof, which will enable those vskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- I Figure 1 is an elevation of a cross-section of a washing-machine made according to my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view, part of the wall of the box being broken away to show the parts within.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention has for its object to construct a washing-machine which can be made at a small cost, be operated with little labor, and by the use of which clothes will not he worn and injured by being rubbed between opposing surfaces. j

A designates the washing-tub, which'is suspended from pivots F F, extending from the upper parts of a supporting-frame, B. The tub is semicircular in shape, and is provided with two hinged covers, O C, so that it may be closed when in operation.

D is a grating with vertical bars placed within the tub and extending from side to side thereof, and reaching from the bottom nearly to the pivots F. This grating D is fixed to the sides and bottom of the tub, and of course moves with it.

E E are radial arms placed within the tub, which extend from the center of motion ot' the tub ,nearly to its sides, one of them being placed on each side of the vertical grating D.

These arms occur in pairs on each side of the tub. The upper ends of each pair are joined firmly secured to the pivot-pins F F, which are made square on the parts which project within the tub. The arms E are therefore stationary. The lower ends of the opposite arms clothes are divided into two parts, one of which is put on either side of the vertical grating D. The tub is oscillated by any convenient means, when the clothes will be alternately pushed and squeezed against the stationary gratings a or b. The coarser kinds of clothing and of the suds and water, should be placed on the leftside of the vertical grating D, where the the regurgitation of the water in the tub.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patenti i An oscillating tub constructed and operated as described, in combination with radial arms E and fixed slats b and grating a, with "pivots F F, as above set forth.

E. HODGKINS.

'Witnesses JOHN B. EMMES, WM. CARPENTER.

together, or else made of one piece, and are are connected to each other on one side of the In operating this washing-machine theV those which require the most energetic action slotted grating b offers the least resistance to c 

